Pregnancy Complicated by Carcinoma of the Colon Above the Rectum

John B. Woods; James N. Martin; Fred H. Ingram; C. Doug Odom; Carol E. H. Scott-Conner; Robert S. Rhodes

doi:10.1055/s-2007-994680

American Journal of Perinatology, Table of Contents

Am J Perinatol 1992; 9(2): 102-110
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994680

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Pregnancy Complicated by Carcinoma of the Colon Above the Rectum

John B. Woods, James N. Martin Jr. , Fred H. Ingram, C. Doug Odom, Carol E. H. Scott-Conner, Robert S. Rhodes

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Although rare during pregnancy, colorectal carcinoma is one of the leading three types of cancer in women. In the medical literature, there are only 28 reports of carcinoma of the colon above the rectum concurrent with pregnancy. During the last 8 years in our community, four pregnant women have received care by us for this usually lethal disease. These cases are presented and the pertinent considerations of this pregnancy complication based on the entire collected experience are reviewed. The possibility of this disease must be considered in the obstetric as well as the gynecologic patient.

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